1970s and 1980s Students! Reveal yourselves

[alaios]

So I have thought for a nice little surprise for my relatives. I wanted to play some music that was very popular at their time when there were at university.
Suggest me some tracks that were popular and if possible tracks that have very good staging. Thanks a lot wonderful people

 

[JeremyFife]

Prepare for a weird and, hopefully, wonderful range of music and genres ... I can't imagine that you'll find consensus, but good luck

Big events for us (early 80's);

• Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon - all of it
• Velvet Underground & Nico - all of it - esp. "Heroin"
• Genesis - A Trick of the Tail - esp. "Ripples"
• New Order - Blue Monday
• All David Bowie - esp. Alladin Sane - esp. "Lady Grinning Soul"

Too much to mention, there was a *lot* of music

 

[alaios]

Prepare for a weird and, hopefully, wonderful range of music and genres ... I can't imagine that you'll find consensus, but good luck

Big events for us (early 80's);

• Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon - all of it
• Velvet Underground & Nico - all of it - esp. "Heroin"
• Genesis - A Trick of the Tail - esp. "Ripples"
• New Order - Blue Monday
• All David Bowie - esp. Alladin Sane - esp. "Lady Grinning Soul"

Too much to mention, there was a *lot* of music

that is totally fine.
Lets also see what our 70s friends will listen for their times in university/college

 

[mglobe]

Jimi Hendrix Electric Lady Land: Rainy Day Dream Away

 

[EdW]

Spoilt for choice . . .
how about Queen and their album ‘A night at the opera’

 

[gwing]

Let me cast my memory back to what was listened to a lot in Uni

ELton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

 

[JayGilb]

Elton John, Sweet, Black Sabbath, 10 Years After, Captain Beefheart and so many more.

 

[Doodski]

 

[Doodski]

 

[Ken1951]

I graduated college in 1973. Some of the albums that got massive play during my time:

Who's Next - The Who
LA Woman - The Doors
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
The Allman Brothers Band - same
Idlewild South - Allman Brothers Band
Live at Fillmore East - Allman Brothers Band
Layla & ... - Derek and the Dominos
Tommy - The Who
Blind Faith - same
John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
Low Spark of High Heeled Boy - Traffic

 

[Joe Smith]

Don't forget the Stones' Exile on Main Street. One of my all-time favorites.

 

[alpha67]

1974...Okie Studio Album by J.J. Cale...all of it!

 

[jkasch]

Prepare for a weird and, hopefully, wonderful range of music and genres ... I can't imagine that you'll find consensus, but good luck

Big events for us (early 80's);

• Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon - all of it
• Velvet Underground & Nico - all of it - esp. "Heroin"
• Genesis - A Trick of the Tail - esp. "Ripples"
• New Order - Blue Monday
• All David Bowie - esp. Alladin Sane - esp. "Lady Grinning Soul"

Too much to mention, there was a *lot* of music

They'll especially enjoy Heroin if they are, or were, intravenous drug users.

 

[sergeauckland]

Remembering the LPs I played a lot at that time ( which I still play!) :-
Pink Floyd - Saucerful of Secrets and DSOTM
Hendrix - Are you Experienced
Simon & Garfunkel - any
Moody Blues - any
Cream - Fresh Cream and Disraeli Gears
Blind Faith
John Mayall - Beano album

Sweet memories.
S

 

[Timcognito]

Track Listings
1 I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
2 What I Like About You - The Romantics
3 Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
4 Never Say Never - Romeo Void
5 Mexican Radio - Wall Of Voodoo
6 People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
7 I Melt With You - Modern English
8 Our Lips Are Sealed - The GoGo's
9 Sex (I'm A...) - Berlin
10 Election Day - Arcadia
11 Behind The Wall Of Sleep - The Smithereens
12 Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
13 Saved By Zero - The Fixx
14 Poison Arrow - ABC
15 Money - Flying Lizards
16 Free Nelson Mandela - The Specials

 

[caught gesture]

 

[fredoamigo]

 

[JeffGB]

Led Zepplin Stairway to Heaven and anything else related to Lord Of The Rings that many uni students were reading at the time.

 

[radix]

What were they into? Psychedelic? Folk? Rock? You even had early punk by the late 70s. It was not all Led Zeppelin. Who , or Pink Floyd back then.

 

[GD Fan]

Lots of emphasis on the 70s here. Let's aim for some 80s as well:

Van Halen
Metallica
John Mellencamp
Tom Petty
Dire Straits
Robert Cray
The Police
AC/DC
Jimmy Buffett
Bob Marley